You’re doing better than I am.

I know people. We get along. But friends? Nope.

Does my husband count? If so, one :(

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Close friends that I talk to almost daily? Like 4

Friends that I talk to about once a week or more? Like 10-15

Friends that I rarely talk to, but would hang out with time permitting? Like 30. Most are co workers that I’ll go drinking with after work.

I can confidently say 2. i can delusionally say 6.

Depending on your definition.

Probably dozens.

People I talk to daily shooting the shit? Probably 10 or so.

I have 4 that I would consider close friends. Sometime having a small group of friends is good.

Many comments mention "people i talk to every day". Is that really a common thing? Literally daily? I have a couple good friends, but definitely none I talk to daily 😅

For me it is more about being friends for many years and always having a good time when we meet. At most I chat 2-3 times a week with some.

Not many

I'm 50. I only have time for acquaintances. Close friends take way too much time.

I have 9; 5 are uni classmates I’m on a 2-semester project with, and the other 4 are:

-A retired public-sector official old enough to be my grandmother

-A semi-retired realtor also old enough to be my grandmother

-Another realtor who used to work for the first realtor but now is an exec at another company

-His notary-public and possibly-also-CIA longtime boyfriend

All of the latter 4 are older than my parents.

Looking to find some more on my new instance ;)

I'd say I have a good handful. I'm not good at getting close to people, so some toe the line for me between acquaintance and friend. For a numerical, I suppose if we count those toeing the line - maybe a dozen or so? Maybe 15?

I've been very lucky as an adult to find a lot of good people. 99% of them are from playing TTRPGs online.

I think I have one. I don't think I'll be able to get more. 😿

2. My friend and my wife. I'm not a disagreeable person. I have a fair few friendly acquaintances, but I'm not willing to put in the energy for more actual friends

3 good ones and maybe 5 outside of that. I'm pretty bad at keeping up with them honestly. Sometimes I message them and they're like yo its been 6 months where you been, yeah sorry I got obsessed with something and forgot the world exists.

I'm 53 and I've outlived many. The few I have I don't care to be around at all. (southern drinking buddy is maga & racist af, hear from him now maybe every 5 years)

So, 0 not counting family and their kids. I'm just content these days to watch family grow up.

edit: The biggest change to social interactions I've just noticed happens to be due to the legalization of weed, before that I'd have to keep a whole fucking network of associates on hand lol

2 very close friends, my wife that's my friend, another close friend, and at least another dozen I would consider friends. Then there are many acquaintances that I enjoy associating with, but we're not a as close and don't talk frequently. Also a brother, sister, and BiL that I'm close with and do friend things with.

3 One of them lives abroad and the other two I see every few months.

Irl? Like one and a half irl friends (the second one and I vibe really well but we're both pretty independent)

Never had any, I'm probably for the best given the many problems of society

I realize not close ones, but my partner is for sure my #1. Hard to rely on the one for everything, and social anxiety trying to make new friends as I get older is even more daunting. Lesson to the youth - take care to have friends as you age!